Peter (surname)

For other uses, see Peter.

Peter is a surname which is also a common masculine given name (see here). It is derived, via Latin "petra", from the Greek word πέτρος (petros) meaning "stone" or "rock".[1]

## List of people

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* Aaju Peter (born 1960), Inuk lawyer, activist and clothing designer
* Babett Peter (born 1988), German football (soccer) player
* Daniel Peter (1836–1919), Swiss chocolatier and inventor of milk chocolate
* Franz Peter (1896–1968), Austrian military pilot
* Friedrich Peter (1921–2005), Austrian politician
* Fritz Peter (1899–1949) German mathematician
* Gustav Albert Peter (1853–1937), German botanist
* Henry Peter (born 1957), Swiss Lawyer
* John Peter (disambiguation), several people
* Jomo Kenyatta (around 1894–1978), Kenyan leader, who briefly assumed the name John Peter when he converted to Christianity in 1914
* Philipp Peter (born 1969), Austrian racing car driver
* Rózsa Péter (1905–1977), Hungarian mathematician
* Samuel Peter (born 1980), Nigerian heavyweight boxer
* Taelon Peter (born 2002), American basketball player
* Werner Peter (born 1950), East German football (soccer) player

## References

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1. ^ "MFnames.com - Origin and Meaning of Peter". Archived from the original on 2014-10-30. Retrieved 2011-01-23.

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Surnames associated with the given name Peter

Baltic|

* Pētersons
* Petraitis
* Petravičius
* Petrusevičius

Celtic|

* McFetridge
* McPhedran

Germanic|

* Parkin
* Parkins
* Parkinson
* Pearce
* Pearse
* Pearson
* Pedersen
* Pederson
* Peer
* Peers
* Peeters
* Peirce
* Perkin
* Perkins
* Perkinson
* Persson
* Peter (surname)
* Peters
* Peterson
* Petersson
* Petersen
* Piech
* Pierce
* Piers
* Pieters
* Pieterse
* Pietersen
* Pietsch
* Pietzschke
* Pötschke
* Pötzsch

Hellenic|

* Petridis
* Petrou
* Petropoulos

Romance|

* Pătrașcu
* De Pietro
* Di Pietro
* Pedrazzini
* Pedrelli
* Pedretti
* Pedrini
* Pedroni
* Pedrotti
* Peiris
* Pérez
* Peres
* Peris
* Perotti
* Petrazzi
* Petrelli
* Petrencu
* Petrescu
* Petri
* Petrini
* Petrone
* Petrocelli
* Petroni
* Petrovici (from Slavic)
* Petrozzi
* Petrucci
* Petrucelli
* Petruzzi
* Pieri
* Pieroni
* Pierotti
* Pierucci
* Pietri
* Pires
* Pirez
* Píriz

Slavic|

* Peterka
* Petkov
* Petković
* Petrak
* Petrakov
* Petráš
* Petrash
* Petrashov
* Petrashevsky
* Petrek
* Petrecki
* Petrenko
* Petrić
* Petříček
* Petričević
* Petrick
* Petrik
* Petrikov
* Petrof
* Petrov
* Petrovič
* Petrović
* Petrovich
* Petrovski
* Petrovsky
* Petrovykh
* Petrowski
* Petrukhin
* Petrunin
* Petrunov
* Petrusewicz
* Petrushin
* Petruk
* Petryak
* Petryuk
* Petryk
* Pietrusiewicz
* Piotrowicz
* Piotrkowski
* Piotrowski

Other|

* Peterffy
* Petras
* Petre
* Petriashvili
* Petrosyan (multiple spellings)
* Petrovas
* Petrovs
* Petrus

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